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FLOODED STREETS
AND POSSIBLY HIGHER FLOOD
INSURANCE.
>> IT FLOODS EXTREMELY BAD.
REPORTER: HOW OFTEN? >> EVERY
TIME IT RAINS ALMOST.
CASEY: WHEN IT COMES TO FLOODING
CHARLES ANTRUM SAYS HIS
PONTCHARTRAIN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD
HAS SEEN ITS FAIR SHARE.
>> PEOPLE TURN AROUND SOMETIMES
AT THIS INTERSECTION AS BUSY AS
IT IS.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST BUSY
INTERSECTIONS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD ACTUALLY.
CASEY: HE'S EVEN HAD TO CLEAR
OUT THE DRAINS OUT FRONT WHEN
HE IS EXPECTING SEVERE WEATHER.
>> I HAVE DONE THAT.
I AM 63.
CASEY: SO HE'S HAPPY TO SEWERAGE
AND WATER BOARD WORKING HERE
THIS WEEK AND ALSO PLANS TO VOTE
YES TO RENEW THE DRAINAGE
MILLAGE, WHICH THE CITY SAYS
PROVIDES 30% OF THE MONEY FOR
DRAINAGE UPKEEP.
CASEY: WHAT HAPPENS IF IT DOES
NOT GO THROUGH?
IF WE DO NOT GET THE MONEY,
THE PUMP WILL NOT WORK AND WHEN
IT RAINS EVERYBODY WILL GET WET
AND THE FLOOD INSURANCE RATE GO
UP.
CASEY: THE MAYOR AND OTHER CITY
LEADERS ARE ALSO ASKING VOTERS
TO APPROVE A 2.5 MILLS PROPERTY
TAX, DEDICATED TO FIRE
DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
>> WE NEED TO PAY THE
FIREFIGHTERS WHAT THEY OH THEM,
BECAUSE THEY GO INTO HARMS WAY
EVERY DAY.
CASEY: IT'S EXPECTED TO GENERATE
$8.9 MILLION A YEAR FOR 12 YEARS
TO PAY WHAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS
HAVE EARNED AND ARE OWED IN
PENSION FUNDS.
>> IT IS AN OLD DEBT, BUT IT IS
OUR OWED DEBT.
THE FACT THAT WE DO NOT PAY IT
10 YEARS AGO, WE NEED TO PAY IT
TODAY.
CASEY: ONE VOTER WE TALKED TO
ALSO IN FAVOR OF THIS TAX
INCREASE, WHICH IF PASSED WHOULD
COST THE OWNER OF A MEDIAN-VALUE
HOME WORTH $183,700 ABOUT PAY
$138 A YEAR.